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India is a rapidly changing country in which inclusive, high-quality education is of utmost importance for its future prosperity. The country is currently in a youth bulge phase. India is expected to overtake China as the largest country on earth by 2022 and grow to about 1.5 billion people by 2030 (up from 1.34 billion in 2017). The UN projects that Delhi will become the largest city in the world with 37 million people by 2028.In its size and diversity, India has the 3rd largest education system in the world,next to china & the US. Before, independence access to education was very limited with enrolment of less than a million students in 500 colleges and 20 universities. Since independence the growth has been impressive, the number of university as of February 2017, there are 789 universities,37204 colleges and 11,443 stand alone institutions in india, as per the latest statistics from the UGC.This demographic change could be a powerful engine of economic growth and development: If India manages to modernize and expand its education system, raise educational attainment levels, and provide skills to its youth.